Rudy Clay

Gary Elects Its First Female Mayor, State's First Black Female Mayor

Posted 01.09.2012

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Former Indiana Attorney General Karen Freeman-Wilson proved the third time, indeed, is often the charm as she was elected as Gary, Ind.'s first female...

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Due To Illness, Gary Mayor Won't Run Again

WBEZ | Posted 06.08.2011

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Rudy Clay announced Friday morning that he is suspending his re-election bid due to continued treatments for prostate cancer. "I owe it to my famil...

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Michael Jackson Complex Coming To Gary, If Estate Allows

Posted 05.25.2011

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The city of Gary, Indiana has planned an ambitious $300 million complex honoring the legacy of native son and superstar Michael Jackson. His father...

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Joe Jackson Was Only Paid For Travel To Son's Gary Memorial: Mayor

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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GARY, Ind. - The mayor of Gary, Ind., said Friday his cash-strapped city paid $5,000 to fly Michael Jackson's father and seven other people out from L...

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Gary Seeks Historic Status For Michael Jackson's Boyhood Neighborhood

Post-Tribune | Jon Seidel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Rudy Clay said a team planning a museum to honor late pop star and Gary native Michael Jackson agreed Monday to seek historical status for the M...

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Michael Jackson Memorial In Gary Lines Up Performers

Post-Tribune | Jon Seidel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Miss Indiana Kellee Patterson and singer Deniece Williams, both Gary natives, have agreed to perform at the city's memorial service for pop sta...

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Michael Jackson's Gary Indiana Hometown Should Be His Burial Place, Tourist Attraction: Mayor

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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GARY, Ind. (AP) -- The hardscrabble city of Gary, Ind., which rose to prosperity in its steelmaking heyday and saw its fortunes fall with the industry...

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Michael Jackson Mourned In Gary, Indiana Hometown

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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GARY, Ind. — The hardscrabble city of Gary, Ind., which rose to prosperity in its steelmaking heyday and saw its fortunes fall with the industry...

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Gary Petitions State For Bailout

Chicago Public Radio | Michael Puente | Posted 05.25.2011

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Indiana is putting a cap on the amount of property taxes local governments can collect. That has some cities in Northwest Indiana filing for state ass...

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Lake County Crucial To Obama's Indiana Win

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lake County did two things Tuesday it couldn't in May: count the votes in a timely fashion and help deliver the state of Indiana to Barack Obama. But ...

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Gary, Indiana Mayor and his Tax-Funded Hummer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is FOX News taking a green outlook? In a piece aired on June 20th on the normally conservative station, Neil Cavuto grills Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, In...

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